Despite the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 65% of Likely Voters in Texas still support offshore oil drilling, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Twenty-one percent (21%) oppose such drilling.
Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on legislation asserting more government control over the U.S. financial industry, most U.S. voters continue to believe the legislators have little idea what they're doing when it comes to the economy.
Just 28% of Likely Voters in California approve of the job Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing, down seven points over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows 71% disapprove of the governor’s performance.
Tuesday was a big day for American political junkies with a number of key primaries on the agenda. In Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter was defeated in the Democratic Party. A year earlier, he had left the Republican Party after a Rasmussen Reports poll showed he couldn’t win that party’s primary competition. Specter led the Democratic Primary until a month ago when Rasmussen Reports was the first to show that Joe Sestak had caught him. The final Rasmussen poll in the race showed Sestak winning by five. He won by eight.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Likely Voters in Texas favor passage of an immigration law like Arizona’s in their state, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. Thirty-two percent (32%) oppose such a law.
Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett is near the critical 50% mark in his race against Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato for governor of Pennsylvania.
New York Governor David Paterson is now earning his lowest job approval ratings in over a year.
State Senator Vincent Sheheen has now opened a modest lead over two other hopefuls in the Democratic Primary contest for governor of South Carolina with less than three weeks to go. But nearly one-out-of-three primary voters remain undecided.
After championing her state’s new immigration law in the face of criticism from President Obama and others, incumbent Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for the first time now attracts more than 50% support in her bid for reelection against likely Democratic candidate Terry Goddard.
Republican Rick Berg has moved past the 50% mark in support against incumbent Democratic Congressman Earl Pomeroy in North Dakota’s race for U.S. House of Representatives.
Boston and Los Angeles were among the first to announce boycotts of Arizona, but 68% of Americans say it’s a bad idea for other cities or states to boycott Arizona over its new immigration law.
Tuesday's primaries were more proof of the anti-incumbency mood felt in many parts of the nation, and a new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that many voters continue to feel a randomly selected sample of people from the phone book could do a better job than their elected representatives in Congress.
Arizona voters now support the state’s new immigration law more than ever and are still more inclined to think the law will be good for the state’s economy rather than bad.
Rand Paul, riding the momentum of his big Republican Primary win on Tuesday, now posts a 25-point lead over Democrat Jack Conway in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, but there’s a lot of campaigning to go.
Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak’s victory over longtime Senator Arlen Specter for his party’s nomination Tuesday has given him a bounce in support in Pennsylvania’s general election for U.S. Senate.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Florida voters favor passage of a new immigration law like Arizona’s in their state, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
With South Carolina’s Republican Primary for Governor less than three weeks away,State Representative Nikki Haley, coming off a fresh endorsement by Sarah Palin, now leads the GOP pack.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, following her signing and passionate defense of the state’s new immigration law, now claims 45% of the vote in the state’s Republican Primary field. That’s a 19-point gain from a month ago and puts her well ahead of all her challengers.
Most Americans don’t believe Mexico wants to stop the illegal flow ofits citizens into this country and think America’s southern neighborshould be asked to compensate U.S. taxpayers for costs incurred byillegal immigration.
Senator John McCain continues to lead Arizona’s hotly contested Republican Senate Primary contest but his level of support is stuck ina narrow range between 47% and 53%.
